Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
This report gives an interesting overview of the timber trade flows in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and their respective trading partners. More than 20 maps graphically depict the import and export volumes and values of the wood...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
The United Nations ECOSOC made history on 27 July 2011 in Geneva by establishing a new intergovernmental body, the UN Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management, to bring together, for the first time at the global level, government experts from...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
PCI Geomatics has announced it was awarded a contract and has successfully delivered a GeoImaging Accelerator (GXL) Satellite processing system to RapidEye, based in Germany. The contract represents a major win for PCI Geomatics as it continues...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
As Global Navigation Satellite Systems becomes more generalised and high-tech surveying techniques become more advanced, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to establish its own Network Real Time Kinematic (RTK) system in an effort to provide high-precision...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
The Indonesian government plans to raise its working capital expenditure by 19.3% to IDR168.1 trillion ($19.2 billion) next year to improve infrastructure and connectivity in the archipelago. The government plans to construct 150 kilometers of new rail...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
The HCM City People's Committee has asked the Government to allocate more funds to 16 flood-control and irrigation projects due for completion in 2015. It also sought approval to mobilise funds for these projects, which are estimated to...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
The Pentax SMT888-3G high-end technology market represents a new generation of Pentax products. Users rely on their SMT888-3G quality as compared to similar products with a competitive price. Pentax product sales in the domestic and foreign market...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
United Nations humanitarian agencies in Pakistan are on standby after sustained rains have reportedly affected up to 750,000 people in Punjab and Sindh provinces, killing up to 25 and displacing some 50,000 others. The UN Office for...
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011
Government officials in Palau joined United Nations experts at a training workshop here on the use of satellite technology to improve the Pacific island nation’s preparedness for natural disasters that are a major threat to national physical...
